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New Orleans

Title BLS Subject Product Type Date Published
New Orleans Area Economic Summary (PDF)
Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment
Economic Summary Sep 2023
Southwest - Labor Force Statistics Employment, Unemployment Table Oct 2023
Occupational Employment and Wages in New Orleans-Metairie — May 2021 Employment, Pay News Release Jul 2022
Fatal Occupational Injuries in Louisiana Workplace fatalities Table Dec 2022
Consumer Price Index, South Region — August 2023 Consumer price indexes News Release Sep 2023
Parish Employment and Wages in Louisiana – First Quarter 2023 Employment, Pay News Release Sep 2023
New Orleans-Metairie, LA Economy at a Glance:
New Orleans-Metairie, LA
Data Series Back
Data
Mar
2023
Apr
2023
May
2023
June
2023
July
2023
Aug
2023

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

598.3 597.2 594.0 595.8 590.2 (p)587.1

Employment(1)

578.2 577.6 570.4 569.3 569.9 (p)565.9

Unemployment(1)

20.1 19.6 23.7 26.5 20.3 (p)21.2

Unemployment Rate(2)

3.4 3.3 4.0 4.5 3.4 (p)3.6

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(3)

564.7 568.7 567.2 566.1 563.5 (p)565.2

12-month % change

2.4 2.4 1.7 2.2 2.0 (p)1.7

Mining and Logging(3)

3.2 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.3 (p)3.2

12-month % change

3.2 3.1 6.5 6.5 6.5 (p)0.0

Construction(3)

29.4 29.9 30.3 30.7 30.1 (p)30.0

12-month % change

5.8 7.2 7.4 8.5 6.0 (p)5.3

Manufacturing(3)

29.8 29.9 29.9 30.2 30.0 (p)30.1

12-month % change

2.8 3.8 3.8 4.1 1.0 (p)1.3

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)

108.3 108.0 107.5 108.7 107.8 (p)108.1

12-month % change

-0.2 -0.3 -0.9 0.4 -0.6 (p)-1.0

Information(3)

8.9 8.9 8.9 8.7 8.7 (p)8.8

12-month % change

-8.2 -14.4 -22.6 -15.5 -6.5 (p)-9.3

Financial Activities(3)

28.9 28.9 29.2 29.5 29.7 (p)29.8

12-month % change

3.2 1.8 2.8 3.5 3.8 (p)4.2

Professional and Business Services(3)

76.6 77.3 76.1 75.8 76.4 (p)76.0

12-month % change

-0.3 0.8 0.4 1.9 1.3 (p)1.1

Education and Health Services(3)

109.0 111.1 109.8 109.6 108.3 (p)109.1

12-month % change

5.5 6.0 4.6 5.1 4.6 (p)3.7

Leisure and Hospitality(3)

79.7 78.7 80.0 78.0 79.3 (p)79.2

12-month % change

6.3 5.2 4.6 0.5 3.4 (p)3.1

Other Services(3)

23.1 23.0 23.0 23.3 22.8 (p)23.2

12-month % change

0.9 0.0 -0.4 0.4 -2.6 (p)-1.3

Government(3)

67.8 69.7 69.2 68.3 67.1 (p)67.7

12-month % change

1.0 1.2 0.7 2.2 2.1 (p)2.6

Footnotes
(1) Number of persons, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted.
(2) In percent, not seasonally adjusted.
(3) Number of jobs, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. See About the data.
(p) Preliminary